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There is a wonderful scene, involving lamp posts – or perhaps telephone poles – which I wish to consider. I think this was originally thought up by C.S. Lewis, or perhaps by another, but I think I learned it through Lewis’ use of it, though I can’t for the life me find the specific reference […]

Quick shout-out to a solid and relevant homily, thank you Fr. John Hollowell for helping me find the right words. This has been a topic of reflection for a couple days now. It is a follow up to a not-yet written post that is longer to write, and it is late, so it will be […]

Can you remember back to being a child in your dark room at night, and glancing across the room- Finding a weird shape, a sinister grin, a monster in your closet? Maybe you became scared, and pulled the blanket over your head to keep you safe through the night, or maybe you ran to turn […]

I enjoyed the mixed blessing today of forgetting my handbook of prayers when I prayed the rosary today, which lead me to reflect on my memory of the mysteries and the various reflections on them I have experienced as opposed to reflecting more acutely on some aspect of the reflection that ‘stands out’. While in […]

Back in highschool, I participated in a troupe called the “Franciscan Mystery Players”. Basically, we practiced and performed a prayerful and meditative play of the passion of Christ. We had a trailer with lights and costumes, etc. we’d hang out on car rides after school on Friday to some parish around the state, then we’d […]

Some background on Contrition from Chatechism: CCC 1431 – Interior repentance is a radical reorientation of our whole life, a return, a conversion to God with all our heart, and end of sin, a turning away from evil, with repugnance toward evil actions we have committed. At the same time it entails the desire and […]

Yesterday, speaking with a friend, I shared some thoughts on “mortification” that occurred to me on a run a few days back. The word seems to come up often in Opus Dei circles, or quotes from Jose Maria Escriva, which is probably why it was on my mind, but I think the concept itself is […]

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